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Nasty.Honestly, i think the 45 70 would be great in a lever gun. Big A heavy slug that will break bone and travel end to end in bear.
Quote from: RB on November 24, 2020, 09:54:16 PMQuote from: Skillet on November 24, 2020, 09:47:15 PMRoger that. I like the mid-weights for this work, but there are a lot of 375H&H up to .458WM rigs in this town.Yes indeed, about 20 years ago there was a dead Whale that washed up around Nismeni and had a ton of Bears on it someone took a poke and wounded one and nobody would hunt the area for a while. If I am going to shoot at one it will be far enough away, but close enough to make a clean shot.There was a dead humpback on the beach just outside of town here a few years ago. 4-5 bears on it all summer, they were the nastiest, greasiest looking things ever. Just wallowing in that rotten blubber. Could smell it from a mile away. Literally.
Quote from: Skillet on November 24, 2020, 09:47:15 PMRoger that. I like the mid-weights for this work, but there are a lot of 375H&H up to .458WM rigs in this town.Yes indeed, about 20 years ago there was a dead Whale that washed up around Nismeni and had a ton of Bears on it someone took a poke and wounded one and nobody would hunt the area for a while. If I am going to shoot at one it will be far enough away, but close enough to make a clean shot.
Roger that. I like the mid-weights for this work, but there are a lot of 375H&H up to .458WM rigs in this town.
I'm with Skillet, 9.3X62. A guide I know in BC always carried a 45-70 but now is using a .416 Rugar.
Quote from: h20hunter on November 24, 2020, 09:58:27 PMNasty.Honestly, i think the 45 70 would be great in a lever gun. Big A heavy slug that will break bone and travel end to end in bear. That is why I was thinking .375 don't need to be fast just hit hard!
Make it sporty....25-06.
I was shooting the *censored* with a native up the yukon river a few years back. He showed me a pic of a nastie brownie he killed with a 7mm. I said, you mean 7 mm mag? He said no, just a 7mm. Assuming he meant 7mm-08 of course, these are the same dudes that think nothing of routinely killing caribou with .223
4x Fixed Power scope....dead bear.....hell dead anything.
Quote from: Bango skank on November 24, 2020, 09:49:36 PMI was shooting the *censored* with a native up the yukon river a few years back. He showed me a pic of a nastie brownie he killed with a 7mm. I said, you mean 7 mm mag? He said no, just a 7mm. Assuming he meant 7mm-08 of course, these are the same dudes that think nothing of routinely killing caribou with .223My close friend from Alaska got his brown bear with his 270 Win (he had a guy backing him up with 338 WM). Guys use what they have. Shot placement matters regardless of caliber/cartridge.338WM and 375 H&H are common calibers for brown bear. I would take my 35 Whelen as I've owned it 30 years and am very comfortable and confident with it, and at only 8.2lbs w/scope it's not too heavy to carry all day. With my custom hand loads with the most recent load data the 250gr loads are plenty of power, plus have some 310gr Woodleigh loads I'd take. If I draw a moose tag in next month's Alaska application the 35 Whelen is what I'll be packing and feel safe if having to defend myself from bears.
Yep, the standard tactic for guides and residents is to position the big boat in an area with a lot of salmon streams, then run the fast skiff around and check them out. See one you like, beach the skiff out of sight and stalk in for the shot. It's not a particularly strenuous hunt, rifle weight doesn't really matter.Moose hunting in SE can be a whole different deal, though, slogging through muskeg all day.